did like Emilien and Roac and ordered one. Really beautiful (if overprised) set. A LOTR super deluxe ? :)

FYI…I ordered my copy via the US site and they charged $80 for express shipping (plus sales tax). The confirmation indicates it is coming from the UK. Hopefully will get it in 3-7 days.

Another sofa.
Order in.

Looks well made, but also kind of hideous! Hard pass from me. Not as bad as the brown sofa, but those boards are a mess.

Honestly stuff like this makes me glad I got my collection mostly put together well before the Amazon hype. $1500 is an order of magnitude more than I could ever justify paying.

Edit: Also this mismatch upsets me:

Ordered! Slightly disappointed to be charged $80 shipping when Blackwell's would ship last year's deluxes to Australia for free.

Caudimordax wrote:

Honestly stuff like this makes me glad I got my collection mostly put together well before the Amazon hype. $1500 is an order of magnitude more than I could ever justify paying.

Edit: Also this mismatch upsets me:

Yeah, £1,000 is a bit silly for a quarter-bound set of books (half that would feel more sensible). I agree on the mismatch (maybe the production copies won't be like that), but I think the whole design is unbalanced. Surprised at the reaction on here, tbh.

Don't doubt they will sell out though (but perhaps not quickly).

Ordered it as well but felt like I paid the eBay reseller price.

I hope that FS QC is better than (recent) HC QC

Nice to see FS give a little bit more technical detail than HC would; but still, £1000 feels like a very, very high price for what's on offer here. I'm quite surprised that it's been pitched that high, if I'm being honest.

Maybe some of you would consider throwing £1000 at an actual bookbinder & see what kind of product you get?